Tolerance-compensation frame for joining around headlamps

Abstract

An apparatus and method for indirectly mounting and adjusting at least one motorcycle cladding element around a motorcycle light located on a motorcycle frame element includes comprising a tolerance compensation frame which is fastened by a first set of fastening elements in a partly assembled state such that it can move in a tolerance-compensation direction in relation to the motorcycle frame element, and is fixed by the first set of fastening elements in a final assembly state such that the tolerance compensation frame cannot move in relation to the motorcycle frame element. The at least one motorcycle cladding element is fastened by a second set of fastening elements to the tolerance compensation frame, and a covering unit that covers the first and second sets of fastening elements is fastened to the tolerance compensation frame by a third set of fastening elements.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A tolerance compensation apparatus for the indirect mounting and adjustment of at least one motorcycle trim element around a motorcycle light on a motorcycle frame element, comprising:
 a tolerance compensation frame 
 wherein
 the tolerance compensation frame is configured to be fastened with respect to the motorcycle frame element by a first set of fastening elements such that the tolerance compensation frame is displaceable in a partially mounted state in a tolerance compensation direction and is not displaceable in a final mounted state, and 
 the tolerance compensation frame is configured to receive a second set of fastening elements that fasten the at least one motorcycle trim element to the tolerance compensation frame. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The tolerance compensation apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein
 the tolerance compensation frame is configured to receive a third set of fastening elements when the tolerance compensation frame is in the final mounted state that fasten a covering unit to the tolerance compensation frame such that the covering unit covers the first and second sets of fastening elements, at least one part of the at least one motorcycle trim element, and at least one part of the tolerance compensation frame. 
 
     
     
       3. The tolerance compensation apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein
 the third set of fastening elements includes a plurality of latching pairs, each latching pair including a latching lug of the tolerance compensation frame configured to receive a respective latching hook of the covering unit. 
 
     
     
       4. The tolerance compensation apparatus as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein
 the motorcycle frame element includes at least one lug at least one lug having tolerance compensation frame displacement elements. 
 
     
     
       5. The tolerance compensation apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein
 the tolerance compensation frame displacement elements of each of the at least one motorcycle frame element lug is a slot arranged with a longitudinal slot axis parallel to the tolerance compensation direction. 
 
     
     
       6. The tolerance compensation apparatus as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein
 the tolerance compensation frame configured to be substantially annular relative to the motorcycle light, and 
 the tolerance compensation frame over at least one section of a circumference of the tolerance compensation frame includes a fastening face arranged orthogonally with respect to a rotational axis of the tolerance compensation frame, the fastening face including at least one hole. 
 
     
     
       7. The tolerance compensation apparatus as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein
 each of the first and second sets of fastening elements include at least one bolt and at least one nut configured to receive a respective one of the at least one bolt. 
 
     
     
       8. The tolerance compensation apparatus as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein
 the tolerance compensation frame at least partially surrounds the motorcycle light, 
 an outer face of the motorcycle light is adjacent to an inner face of the tolerance compensation frame, 
 a first spacing along the tolerance compensation direction on one side of the motorcycle light has a first gap size, 
 a second spacing along the tolerance compensation direction on an opposite side of the motorcycle light has a second gap size, and 
 the first and second gap sizes are substantially identical. 
 
     
     
       9. The tolerance compensation apparatus as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein
 the tolerance compensation frame includes at least one fastening lug for fastening the at least one motorcycle trim element. 
 
     
     
       10. A method for mounting trim elements on a motorcycle with the use of a tolerance compensation apparatus having a tolerance compensation frame configured to be fastened with respect to a motorcycle frame element by a first set of fastening elements such that the tolerance compensation frame is displaceable in a partially mounted state in a tolerance compensation direction and is not displaceable in a final mounted state, the tolerance compensation frame further being configured to receive a second set of fastening elements that fasten the at least one motorcycle trim element to the tolerance compensation frame, the method for mounting comprising the acts of:
 mounting of the tolerance compensation frame in the partially mounted state on the motorcycle frame element when the motorcycle light is mounted on the motorcycle frame element with the first set of fastening elements; 
 orienting the tolerance compensation frame on the motorcycle frame element into a predefined position; 
 fixing of the position of the tolerance compensation frame in the final mounted state non-displaceably on the motorcycle frame element with the first set of fastening elements; 
 mounting the at least one motorcycle trim element on the tolerance compensation frame with the second set of fastening elements; and 
 mounting the covering unit on the tolerance compensation frame with the third set of fastening elements. 
 
     
     
       11. The method for mounting trim elements as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein
 the tolerance compensation frame at least partially surrounds the motorcycle light, 
 an outer face of the motorcycle light is adjacent to an inner face of the tolerance compensation frame, and 
 the predefined position is a position in which a first spacing along the tolerance compensation direction on one side of the motorcycle light has a first gap size, a second spacing along the tolerance compensation direction on an opposite side of the motorcycle light has a second gap size, and the first and second gap sizes are substantially identical.